Congressional Week Ahead

(abstracted from the Congressional Record Daily Digest, June 11, 2005)

CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

Week of June 13 through June 18, 2005

Senate Chamber

On Monday, at 2:30 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. At 6:30 p.m., Senate will consider S. Res. 39, apologizing to the victims of lynching and the descendants of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation, with 3 hours for debate, followed by a vote on adoption of the resolution.

On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, with a vote on confirmation of the nomination to occur at 10 a.m.; following which, Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 6, to ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy.

(more below the fold)

Committee Meetings of interest (committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated):

SENATE COMMITTEES

Committee on the Budget:
  June 15, to hold hearings to examine current financial condition and potential risks relating to solvency of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-608.

Committee on Foreign Relations:
  June 14, to hold hearings to examine six-party talks and matters related to the resolution of the North Korean nuclear crisis, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
  June 14, Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!) initiative, established to stop trade in pirated and counterfeit goods, focusing on activities undertaken by STOP! to date, its effectiveness in coordinating federal government efforts to combat intellectual property theft at home and abroad, and the federal government's ability to recruit, train and retain the workforce necessary to implement STOP!, also the Administration's long-term strategic plan for STOP! and ways the initiative assists small business protect its intellectual property rights, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  June 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine if the Federal government is doing enough to secure chemical facilities, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  June 16, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume hearings to examine tax delinquency problems with Federal contractors, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.

Committee on the Judiciary
  June 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues relating to detainees, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.

HOUSE COMMITTEES

Committee on Government Reform
  June 14, Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, to consider H.R. 2385, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program; followed by a hearing entitled ``Revitalizing Communities: Are Faith-Based Organizations getting the Federal Help They Need?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 15, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Eradicating Steroid Use, Part IV: Examining the Use of Steroids by Young Women to Enhance Athletic Performance and Body Image,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

Committee on Homeland Security
  June 14, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, executive, briefing on Chemical Plant Security, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``Preventing Terrorist Attacks on America's Chemical Plants,'' 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.

Committee on the Judiciary
  June 15, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, oversight hearing on The Diversity Visa Program, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

Committee on Small Business
  June 14, hearing entitled ``Are Skyrocketing Medical Liability Premiums Driving Doctors Away from Underserved Areas?'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.

Next Meeting of the SENATE
2 p.m., Monday, June 13

Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12:30 p.m., Monday, June 13

•  Wake me up for the opening gavel....

  I for one will sleep so much better at night knowing my government representatives are on the job holding not I, not II, not III, but IV FULL COMMITTEE hearings on the nation-destroying scourge of steroid use among athletes.

  Yessiree bobtail. A real Government Reform priority, you ask me.

  This hearing (like most, actually) is just a "mike opp," to afford Reps leisure to pontificate on the subject (as long as they pontificate in the form of a question). Then the Rep can issue a press release and the hometown paper can write, "In Washington today, Rep. Feeblefutz had this to say about steroid use...."

  by Julia Grey on Sat Jun 11, 2005 at 08:57:25 AM PDT

  •  A "4" for "Feeblefutz"

    But seriously, a very useful diary. Thanks for posting this.

    by Dump Terry McAuliffe on Sat Jun 11, 2005 at 10:13:36 AM PDT

•  Looking Ahead!

  What a concept! I am subscribing to you.

  by catfish on Sat Jun 11, 2005 at 01:04:10 PM PDT